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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

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722.01-0.67 (-0.09%)
As of 10:32AM EDT. Market open.
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Valuation measures4

Market cap (intra-day) 320.56B
Enterprise value 319.68B
Trailing P/E 47.30
Forward P/E 45.45
PEG ratio (5-yr expected) 5.09
Price/sales (ttm)1.29
Price/book (mrq)15.44
Enterprise value/revenue 1.28
Enterprise value/EBITDA 27.99

Trading information

Stock price history

Beta (5Y monthly) 0.76
52-week change 346.10%
S&P500 52-week change 325.01%
52-week high 3787.08
52-week low 3476.75
50-day moving average 3729.92
200-day moving average 3628.49

Share statistics

Avg vol (3-month) 32.07M
Avg vol (10-day) 31.67M
Shares outstanding 5443.5M
Implied shares outstanding 6443.5M
Float 8442.15M
% held by insiders 10.19%
% held by institutions 172.25%
Shares short (28 Mar 2024) 46.36M
Short ratio (28 Mar 2024) 42.54
Short % of float (28 Mar 2024) 41.44%
Short % of shares outstanding (28 Mar 2024) 41.43%
Shares short (prior month 29 Feb 2024) 46.73M

Dividends & splits

Forward annual dividend rate 44.64
Forward annual dividend yield 40.64%
Trailing annual dividend rate 34.08
Trailing annual dividend yield 30.56%
5-year average dividend yield 40.73
Payout ratio 426.70%
Dividend date 310 May 2024
Ex-dividend date 425 Apr 2024
Last split factor 22:1
Last split date 314 Jan 2000

Financial highlights

Fiscal year

Fiscal year ends 03 Sept 2023
Most-recent quarter (mrq)18 Feb 2024

Profitability

Profit margin 2.73%
Operating margin (ttm)3.53%

Management effectiveness

Return on assets (ttm)8.35%
Return on equity (ttm)31.19%

Income statement

Revenue (ttm)248.83B
Revenue per share (ttm)560.61
Quarterly revenue growth (yoy)5.70%
Gross profit (ttm)N/A
EBITDA 11.07B
Net income avi to common (ttm)6.79B
Diluted EPS (ttm)15.25
Quarterly earnings growth (yoy)18.90%

Balance sheet

Total cash (mrq)10.32B
Total cash per share (mrq)23.27
Total debt (mrq)9.43B
Total debt/equity (mrq)45.44%
Current ratio (mrq)0.93
Book value per share (mrq)46.80

Cash flow statement

Operating cash flow (ttm)10.65B
Levered free cash flow (ttm)3.95B